{"id":11003,"date":"2022-12-14T01:21:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T01:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=11003"},"modified":"2022-12-07T15:25:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:25:38","slug":"unhappy-with-dc-automation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/unhappy-with-dc-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"Unhappy with DC Automation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Softeon<\/a> has released results of a major study<\/a> on user perceptions of distribution center automation and software, with the headline news that just 12.9% of companies are satisfied with their current levels of DC automation. Download the report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Based on a survey of 187 logistics professionals across a wide range of industry sectors, the report also found that 42.1% were unsatisfied with their current levels of DC automation, with another 45.9% just partly satisfied with current automation levels.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s holding companies back from the adoption of additional automation? Not surprisingly, the upfront cost of automation topped the list of barriers, scoring an average of 5.8 on a rating scale where 1 was the lowest barrier, and 7 was the highest. ROI concerns (5.6) and lack of flexibility (4.5) were the second and third-ranked barriers, respectively.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Just 12.9% of companies are satisfied with their current levels of DC automation, report finds.<\/p><\/div>\n

Switching to the software side, just 11.6% of respondents said they \u201cknew a lot\u201d about newer Warehouse Execution Systems (WES) solutions, with another 6.3% having deployed WES. That compares to 34.3% who “don’t know much” about WES and 47.8% who “know a little\u201d about the technology.<\/p>\n

This study provides a unique and detailed view of how companies are thinking about the options, both in hardware and software.<\/p>\n